a.This is the Windows Binary of VMWare 1.0.4. If you’re using
another operating system, look for the binary to us on this site. Also,
the instructions for installing VMWare below were created using Windows Vista.

8-After
installation, VMWare will prompt you for some Customer Information, and will
require a serial number. Simply go to this site to
get your free registration serial number and use that to proceed forward.

9-On the
next screen, press Finish. You’re done!

Configuring VMWare:

1-Once
VMWare is installed on your machine, open it using the Desktop icon it creates
(“VMWare Server”).

2-On the
first screen (“Select the VMWare host that you want to connect to”), select
“Local host” and press OK.

3-In
order to install FreeBSD, we will need to create a new Virtual Machine.

d.On the next screen, select “Other” as your “Guest operating
system” and select FreeBSD from the list below. Press next.

e.Select a name for your virtual machine and a path you wish to
create it at.

f.On the next screen, select “Use bridged networking” and press
next.

g.On the “Specify Disk Capacity” screen, change the size of the
Virtual Machine to whatever you want to allocate for it (I allocate 12.0gb just
so I have enough space allocated for unforeseen installation/usage on this
Virtual Machine). Press Finish.

i.If
you encounter problems during this step, they’re due to the fact that VM will try
to create one file for your virtual machine of 12.0gb (some filesystems, such
as Fat32, cannot support files larger than 4.0gb). In that case, check “Split
disk into 2 GB files before proceeding.

j.On the Virtual Machine Settings, select the Device “Ethernet”
and uncheck “Connect at Power On”.

k.Press OK to return to the VMWare Server Console. Under
commands on this screen, press “Start this virtual machine”.

Installing FreeBSD 5.4

We show a step-by-step installation here with the help
screenshots taken during installation. Also, note that switching between
FreeBSD emulation and the VMWare Server can be done by pressing “Ctrl-Alt” when
you’re inside the FreeBSD emulation, and by click on the black FreeBSD
emulation screen when you’re on your operating system.

1.The
first important screen you’ll see will ask you to select an option for booting
FreeBSD. Simply wait for this screen to go away.

2.Next,
you will reach this screen:

3.Select
“Custom” from the list above, and press “Enter”, and you will reach the screen
shown below:

4.Select
“Partition” from the list above, press A (“use Entire Disk”) and press Q. Next,
on the screen titled “Install boot manager…”, select “Standard” (“install a
Standard MBR”) and press Enter. You will return to the screen shown in step #3
above.

5.Now,
select the “Label” option (shown in step #3 above), press Enter and you will
reach the “FreeBSD Disklabel Editor”. Press C here, and you will get the
following screen:

Remove whatever was in the field with the cursor, and type
10G (if you allocated 12gb to the virtual machine, 8gb if you allocated 10gb,
6gb if you allocated 8gb, and so on). Press Enter. Select FS on the next
screen, press Enter, type / and press Enter.

7.Next,
select Distributions from the menu shown in step #3, select “All” on the
“Choose Distributions” screen, press Enter (“yes”) on the “User Confirmation
Requested” screen, select Exit on the “Choose Distributions” screen, and press
Enter. You will return to the menu from step#3 again.

15.If your are next
asked for Disc#1 or Disc#2 of FreeBSD 5.4 (shown below), select Yes and press
Enter.

a.At this point (when shown the above screen), right-click on
“ECS150 FreeBSD” in the Inventory to the left of the black FreeBSD screen, go
to CD-ROM, and browse to the Disc#x ISO (where x = { 1 , 2 }). When done
selecting this ISO, press OK. Go back into FreeBSD and press Enter.

16.Installation of
the packages will take some time … more coffee, anyone?

17.Once the package
installation is complete, you will return to the following screen:

18.You should now
change the root password to any password you desire – do this by
selecting “Root Password” and pressing Enter. You will be then asked for the
password twice, and will be returned to this screen once done.

19.Skip to the last
option: Networking. Select it and press Enter. You will reaching the following
screen:

20.We’re trying to
configure our network card so we can get files into and move files out of the
installation of FreeBSD. Select Interfaces above and press Enter. Select “lnc1”
as the Ethernet adapter next, press Enter. Then select Yes on the next two
screens and press Enter on both aswell.

21.You will reach the
screen shown below. Select a hostname (I typed in “rockstar”) and press Tab
till you reach “OK” at the bottom. Press Enter.

22.Return to the
FreeBSD Configuration Menu by selecting Exit and pressing Enter.

23.Now you’re all set
– press Tab to select Cancel. Press Enter. On the screen you see next
(“Choose Customer Installation Options”) select “Commit” and press Enter. Once
done, select Exit on this menu aswell and press Enter. Press Tab on the next
screen and Exit Install. You will be prompted to answer whether you want to
reboot the machine or not. Select Yes and press Enter.

24.The system is now
restarting.

25.You will soon
reach the login prompt for your new FreeBSD installation. To login enter the
username “root” and the password “X” where X is the password you selected
during the installation.